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SFTS Welcomes Noted African American Professor and Theologian Rev. Dr. Andrea C. White

GTU member school San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) will host the annual T.V. Moore Lecture series on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12.  The distinguished speaker for this year’s event is Rev. Dr. Andrea C. White, Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, and Associated Faculty in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Graduate Division of Religion. White will present lectures on four different topics: Divine Mysteries: A Theology of Time; Divine Ideologies, A Theology of Death; Divine Representations...
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A Profound Surprise: Presenting the History of Jews in Italy

The most surprising discovery for David Rosenberg-Wohl during his research into the life of Jews in Italy for a recent museum exhibit was the ambiguity of Jewish life in the Renaissance-era ghetto. A joint Graduate Theological Union/UC Berkeley doctoral student in Jewish Studies, Rosenberg-Wohl was given the task of curating “Forging Italian Jewish Identities 1516-1870” for the Museo ItalioAmericano in San Francisco. He dove into academic libraries around the country, interviewed Jewish historical scholars, sought the advice of museum display experts, and contacted photographers, museums, and...
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Teaching for Peace in a Time of Impending War

A presentation from the GTU’s panel discussion on February 19, 2003 by Dr. Ibrahim FarajajéVice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the Faculty; and Professor of Cultural Studies/Islamic Studies at Starr King School for the Ministry/Graduate Theological Union As-salaamu aleikum! Unfortunately, this is not the first or the last time that this conversation will arise. There are some for whom teaching is always taking place in a time of war, in the wars that are carried out in the occupied territories of our inner cities, of the prison-industrial complex, or in the United States colonies in...
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Zen Gardens and Amish Quilts

A lecture delivered at the GTU CommencementMay 8, 2003 by Rev. Jennifer L. Lord, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching, Lancaster Theological Seminary President Donahue, Dean Holder, Assistant Dean Maloney, Chairperson Weiser, GTU Staff and Faculty, fellow graduates, and our life support system of familty and friends: When I click on Mapquest I am told that Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where I now live, is 2811.53 miles from Berkeley California. I know what these miles mean: Miso soup is expensive when available.There is no fourth generation Shangaiese acupuncturist to tell me my...
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Preaching in the Time of Impending War

A presentation from the GTU's Panel Discussion on December 6, 2002 by Rev. Dr. James A. NoelAssociate Professor of American Religion; California/H. Eugene Farlough Chair in African American Christianity, San Francisco Theological Seminary I am here on this panel not only as a faculty member of one of the GTU schools but also as a pastor of a Christian congregation-Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church in Richmond, CA where I preach each Sunday. Therefore, the topic of this panel is one that is foremost amongst my concerns as I attempt to envision my homeletical focus during, what for us is, the...
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Academic Life and Scholarship as Spiritual Practice

From Skylight Magazine Fall 2017 As a pastoral theologian who has specialized in Christian spirituality for more than twenty-five years, I am deeply engaged with the role of spiritual practice. In this essay, I would like to explore the possibility that academic life, and scholarship in particular, is itself a spiritual practice. This claim may be self-evident to some; after all, the medieval university was originally staffed by religious persons who assumed that their scholarship was spiritual practice. But for others, living on this side of the Enlightenment, scholarship is simply (though...
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Carnegie Workshop Biographies

HOME | AGENDA | SPEAKER BIOS Who Speaks for Islam? Media and Muslim Networks Center for Islamic Studies, GTU March 2-3, 2009   Sponsored by Speaker Bios Safir Ahmed Safir Ahmed has spent 25 years in the media, as a writer and editor at newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines, and online web magazines. He has been an independent book editor and has edited New York Times’ bestsellers. He has edited books by major writers, including...
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Teaching for Peace in a Time of Impending War

A presentation from the GTU’s panel discussion on February 19, 2003 by Rosemary Radford RuetherCarpenter Professor of Feminist Theology at Graduate Theological Union/ Pacific School of Religion The question that has been posed for our discussion this afternoon is “Teaching for peace in a time of impending war.” But this topic begs the question. With the present military and national security policy of the United States, is it possible to distinguish between a time of war and a time of peace? Although war might become more intense or less intense at particular periods, has the United States...
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Faculty Experts

The GTU brings together scholars of the world’s great religions and wisdom traditions. Our faculty experts support intensive scholarly inquiry and deep personal engagement with a variety of fields. Please click on one of the categories below to find a complete list of GTU faculty experts in your desired area.
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An Instigating Signifier: The Impact of September 11th on My Scholarship

Seeking Life Among the Debris: The Public Role of Religious ScholarsA Core Doctoral Faculty Forum, in the Aftermath of September 11th Cheryl A. Kirk-DugganAssistant Professor of Theology and Womanist Studies and Director of the Center for Women and ReligionGraduate Theological Union Guerilla warfare, terrorism, violence, and global economics have been integral to the growth of the United States before and after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the United States Constitution. War, usually a state of open and declared or undeclared armed antagonistic...
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50th Anniversary Honorees

Many, many people were instrumental to the success of the GTU during its first 50 years. The GTU created this space in 2012 to honor the contributions of the most seminal figures of the GTU's first half-decade. You can also view key figures in GTU history by decade:  1962-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-2012  In addition, for our 50th anniversary in 2012, each member school choose one person who embodies the spirit of the GTU to be recognized for a lifetime of contributions in service of the GTU.   John Dillenberger (Dean ‘63-‘69, President ‘67-‘71) John Dillenberger was...
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Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship

The Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship of the Graduate Theological Union has as its purpose the encouragement of the writing and publication of theological scholarship by GTU graduates and current faculty. The endowment for the Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship comes from the sale of Trinity Press International, a venture dedicated to the publication of scholarly and often interdisciplinary theological studies. The prize and lectureship honor the joint example and collaboration of Frederick Houk Borsch (1935-2017) and Harold W. Rast (1933-2004). Hal Rast, after years as a senior...
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Comments on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

Margaret Miles, GTU Emerita Dean and Professor of Historical Theology I would like to begin by setting our discussion this evening in context. Let us remind ourselves of the obvious: The Passion of the Christ is a movie. It is not a window on, nor a mirror of, reality. We, watching it, are spectators. As spectators, we do not see a movie as if for the first time. We are trained by our many viewing experiences to expect and respond to several film conventions. A number of learned responses are activated as soon as the theater darkens. The first of these is detachment. You are NOT there; you...
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Mixing It All Up

A speech delivered at the 2004 Commencement on May 13 at the Graduate Theological Union by Dr. Ibrahim FarajajéVice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the Faculty; and Professor of Cultural Studies/Islamic Studies at Starr King School for the Ministry/Graduate Theological Union Good afternoon! I invite all of our ancestors to be present with us in this gathering, especially the ancestors of the Class of 2004, those who helped pave the way for them to be here, those on whose shoulders they stand; those who had been locked out of the academy because of race, or class or language or gender...
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Taking a Long... a Very Long View

Graduate Theological Union 2006 commencement address by Louis Weil, GTU core doctoral faculty member and Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific. May 11, 2006 About five years ago, I participated in a conference at which a large number of faculty members from seminaries all over the country had been invited to gather and to reflect together on our craft, the craft of teaching. At one of the sessions, a speaker commented on the accumulated total of years of teaching which we together represented. He then asked for those who had taught for twenty-five years...
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Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology (BJRT)

Established in 2015 by GTU doctoral students in coordination with the dean’s office, the Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology (BJRT) is a diverse forum for the type of cutting-edge scholarship in religious studies, philosophy, and theology that characterizes the GTU. Visit the journal’s website at bjrt.gtu.edu to review past editions online, and find out how you can contribute. BJRT welcomes articles and book reviews from GTU alumni, students, and faculty, as well as other scholars who share the GTU’s commitment to bring the wisdom or the world’s religions to the critical challenges facing us today.
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Skylight, Fall 2020

Skylight magazine highlights the people, programs, and progress of the Graduate Theological Union. Featuring a message from the President and in-depth feature stories on GTU community members, including faculty, students, alumni, and donors, the latest issue explores the future of GTU and its innovative contributions to interreligious theological education.

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Living Peacefully in a Time of Turmoil

A talk delivered at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Development of Peace & Well-being, on April 21, 2003 by James A. Donahue GTU President and Professor of Ethics As a theologian and ethicist, my research focuses particularly on how people find meaning and purpose in their existence. These goals are severely challenged in times of turmoil, such as the current age marked by anxieties over war, terrorism, and the economy. How can we manage to find meaning in life—how can we find inner peace or practice peace toward others—when our world seems mired in instability and despair? I suggest three...
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